The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-09

8 Doctor called Tor.
III tho main room ~ enulo voc
again resumed. with nothing 70 dis
turb Il except coarse laugh now and
again. ~ some one mentioned the fact
that there was "another man Tor
breakfast"
While awaiting the arrival Of the
doctor made the dying man 40 COM
Portable ~ possible. He tried with
much difficulty 10 tell me something,
but the blood rushed from the wound
in his lungs and filed his mouth so he
could not articulate. Finally he reach
ed into pocket over his heart and
took out locket the counterpart Of
this one in my hand. Opening II he
looked earnestly at the faces within.
while the film OF death was gathering
over his eyes. With his bloody lips
he kissed the woman's pictured face
again and again. In his dying strug-
gle he rose on his elbow and said;
BURY this with me; over my heart.
/ loved her, curse her. Leave 1t here;
could not sleep without II. Make
MY grave so smooth that no one can
ever find IL. Remember, make II
smooth, or they will haunt me, even in
DEATH"
Just then the door opened, and the
/ doctor came In. AS the dying man
caught sight Of his face such look of
recognition, remorse and terror COM
mingled as came over his face | shall
never forget.
Great God, il is hel" were his last
words. Back on the lounge fell the
handsome head. while upon the face
was. frozen in death that last look OF
terror and rcmorse.
''He Is dead'' said.
The doctor turned and walked away
without coming farther in the room.
Would he have known that dead
face had he seen ity Who and what
were they TO each other, and what had
this baby faced woman with the cruel
mouth 70 do with either?
Ali Who can answer this? Not /.
only know that / helped make the
grave on the hillside SO smooth that
not even could find IL 10 day were
TO seek il never SO carefully.
Heedlessly let the golden locke'
slip through my fingers To the floor al
my feet. As | did SO "A low, wailinl
cry went sobbing and echoing through
the empty rooms Of that great, lonely
house. Following closely upon the
wierd sound came a silvery, mockinl
laugh, the memory of which will ring
in my ears through all time TO come
Passing hurriedly down the stair;
and out into the moonlight, drew 9
sigh of relief, and, turning TO take =
farewell look at the old ruined house
saw the most blood curdling appari
ton ever human eye beheld. In thu
window of the room had just quit.
ted. standing where the rays of tn,
moon shown clearest, was the figur,
of headless woman. In her righ1
hand she was holding her own head
The long black hair was wrappe:
around the wrist and bare white arm
as high as the elbow. From there /
fell like long black veil, forming ,
background for the livid face, stariB,
eyeballs and colorless, grinning lips
From the severed head the crimson
blood was slowly dripping, dripping
upon the sand below. | stood for !
moment spellbound. Was this. then
the haunted house, with its horribl,
objects. from which "Dick the Dealer
had nedy Did he wish his grave mad,
deep and smooth that they might no
find him in his last narrow home, ans
~ ca what wOndcrp
With another look of terror a
the apparition / turned and fec
into the darkness and rain that wa,
fast beginning 10 fall.
Many months after | was told tina
years before beautiful woman hae
been found drowned in the spring op
posite the house, and that the man
supposed 10 have been her husband
had fled, none knew whittier. | die
not tell that he was sleeping in deep
smooth grave, on sunny hillside ii
the deserted town OF Aurora, an,
that Daley. the man who killed him
had been hanged by the vigilantes IL
in the same little mountain town. Blu
such are the facts as remembered ant
written by a tramp.-San Francisct
Post.